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PA}`National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is President Bushs choice to succeed Secretary of State Colin Powell according to two senior administration officials She would be the first black woman ever chosen for the position
QA}`the killer nurse who poisoned dozens of patients pleaded guilty to six more murders and three attempted murders at two hospitals in Pennsylvania
RA}`Make sure your providers can mutually offer the service before you sign
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PA}`Researchers have found a way to harness the power that spinach uses during photosynthesis to convert light to energy They are now trying to use the process to extend the life of batteries in cellular phones
QA}`the monounsaturated fat in olive oil may reduce the chances of suffering coronary heart disease opening the door to revised food labels
RA}`the guerrilla leader turned Nobel Peace Prize winner who pushed Palestinians plight into the world
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PA}`After Democrat John Kerry conceded Wednesday morning President Bush has won a second term concluding an intensive battle over the outcome of the election in Ohio and becoming the first two term Republican since Ronald Reagan
QA}`Japanese and other Asian stock markets closed higher Thursday following a surge on Wall Street and a drop in crude oil prices Japan led the way
RA}`As preparations were under way for an all out offensive on the insurgent stronghold of Falluja Iraqi
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PA}`A top NASA climate expert criticized the Bush administrations approach to the global warming issue in a lecture Tuesday at the University of Iowa and said that it has ignored growing evidence of dangerous rising sea levels
QA}`Japan on Sunday condemned the beheading of a Japanese hostage in Iraq calling it a despicable act of terrorism and vowed to keep its troops
RA}`that initial results from a battery of tests on Yasser Arafat found no signs of leukemia
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Wednesday after being trapped in a landslide for over ninety hours
from the great quake that damaged northern Japan over the weekend a two year old boy was
miraculously rescued as shown on live TV
QA}`Three days after the Japans deadliest earthquake in a decade exhausted survivors remain in makeshift shelters as rain threatened to trigger more
RA}`The Boston Red Sox achieved an unprecedented eight day
comeback win
Wednesday night
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PA}`The Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that it had approved the use of an artificial heart made by SynCardia Systems as a temporary life saving device for patients awaiting transplants
QA}`The Commission similarly extended the existing secondary spectrum allocations for federal and aeronautical mobile telemetry operations
RA}`A series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks shook northern Japan on Saturday
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PA}`Japan and the United States on Saturday agreed in principle to resume US beef imports as early as next spring However a final accord on specific conditions for lifting the ban was left to further negotiations
QA}`Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Muta Maathai beat a number of much better known world names to be named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
RA}`thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that have not even been built yet
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PA}`FCC Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth said the Commission does not recognize or certify specific coordinators in the Service as it does in the Land Mobile services and had no plans to get involved in the SERA controversy
QA}`Japan have detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile which is capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan
RA}`it is expecting to have a more powerful eruption within a few days
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PA}`The Council also adopted a resolution calling attention to the obligation of telecommunication administrations to take all practicable and necessary steps to avoid harmful interference to radiocommunication services from power
QA}`top officials of the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged for the first time that antidepressants appeared to lead some children
RA}`President Hu Jintao of China replaced Jiang Zemin as the military chief
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PA}`A group of European astronomers has obtained a photograph of what appears to be a planet orbiting another star If this is true it would be the first confirmed picture of a world beyond our solar system
QA}`While many truckers use Citizens Band radio equipment please be advised that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a license is a violation
RA}`the Hurricane Ivan relief and recovery in Mississippi wound down this week
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PA}`Soldiers carried crying babies away from a school where heavily armed men holding hundreds of hostages released at least twenty six women and children during a second day of high drama that kept crowds of distraught families on edge
QA}`the second strong quake to hit the region in five hours forcing hundreds to evacuate as quake generated tsunami approached
RA}`Former President Bill Clinton remained hospitalized in New York
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PA}`Researchers reported on Tuesday that people who have fullbody CT screenings to detect potential health problems are exposed to about as much radiation as some survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings
QA}`Dutch researchers reported that cats not only can catch the deadly bird flu but also can spread it to other felines raising critical questions
RA}`basketball team was pleased to get their hands on a medal on Saturday
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PA}`At the opening of the Republican Partys convention former Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani of New York asserted that Senator John Kerry did not have the fortitude to lead the nation through a war on terror
QA}`It will take at least some months and probably well over a year for southwest and central Florida to recover from Hurricane Charley experts predict
RA}`once again took a back seat to their Russian archrivals as they finished second overall
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PA}`JARL Field and Educational Services Manager encouraged JARL affiliated clubs and Field Organization volunteers to use the occasion to set up public demonstrations of Radio and to present or even demonstrate the free services Radio provides to communities
QA}`It will take at least some months and probably well over a year for southwest and central Florida to recover from Hurricane Charley experts predict
RA}`The main objective is to make appropriate provision for digital modes
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PA}`On Wednesday British regulators issued the countrys first license to apply cloning techniques to generate a human embryo to produce stem cells that could be used for the treatment of various diseases
QA}`Clarence and Carl Aguirre whose conjoined heads and fused brains were surgically separated are beginning to thrive in their newly independent lives
RA}`This has prompted fears in a population already worried about nuclear safety
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PA}`On Saturday Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi signed into law a long waited amnesty that would pardon Iraquis who played minor roles in the countrys fifteen month long insurgency but not those guilty of murder
QA}`Four workers were killed and seven were injured by a bursting steam pipe Monday the worst nuclear power plant accident to have occurred in Japan
RA}`surgically separated are beginning to thrive in their newly independent lives
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PA}`The ARRL Board of Directors has adopted a resolution encouraging further development and expansion of an inaugural network to enhance the emergency communications capability of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service
QA}`There would be at least one Congressional Action Coordinator in each state ideally selected in consultation with section managers
RA}`also can pave the way for subsequent meetings between League officials
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PA}`ARRL Pacific Section Manager said that while the two pieces of legislation represented only incremental improvement in the antenna situation for Hawaiian amateurs living under CC and Rs they also could have provided a basis for further gains later
QA}`Located in Izmir Turkey the space camp was linked to the ISS ham equipment through an MCI donated telephone bridge similar to a phone patch
RA}`Opening the satellite for general amateur use could take up to a month
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PA}`The Board also will hear briefings on the status of current Amateur Radio related legislation and on the progress of various regulatory issues Recent proposals now before the FCC including one from JARL
QA}`A significant portion of the agenda will be given over to hearing and considering reports from committees and coordinator
RA}`ARRL President is wielding the gavel as the Leagues Board of Directors meets
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PA}`Haynie said he remains puzzled that the BPL industry appears unwilling to support its claims that the risk of interference from BPL is extraordinarily low because it produces only minimal radio frequency energy at a few points in the system
QA}`when he was arrested and subsequently convicted in state court of interfering with police radio communications transmitted on various public safety frequencies
RA}`ARRL Headquarters will be closed for the Independence Day holiday
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PA}`As for any broader implications Hinz says he is always viewed BPL as a strategic deployment technology not one a company could roll out just@anywhere and expect to be competitive with existing broadband services such as cable and DSL
QA}`five fixed Amateur Radio stations within proximity of the BPL evaluation system and two mobile stations formally reported BPL interference on HF
RA}`The system included both overhead and underground BPL links to feed
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PA}`It is hoped that other petitions filed subsequent to those addressed in the instant Notice and which are pending before the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau can be more expeditiously addressed the JARL commented
QA}`The letter of complaint summarizes and culminates a series of exchanges and actions in an unsuccessful effort to resolve Spencers BPL interference
RA}`The situation in Jims case is egregious and it is been going on
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PA}`The injured man was reported in pain and apparent shock and having difficulty breathing Hirschman advised the captain on how to stabilize the victim and treat his injuries No oxygen was available aboard the vessel
QA}`Members of the Maritime Mobile Service Net recently were instrumental in the successful handling of yet another medical emergency at sea
RA}`For example rodents sometimes chew coaxial cables or twin lead transmission lines
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PA}`Since Election Day will be nearly at hand when Fincke returns to Earth from his six month ISS duty tour another student wanted to know what kind of technology might permit US astronauts to exercise their right to vote while still in space
QA}`Heavy rainfall in late May caused creeks and small streams to overflow in Appalachian Mountain communities in Russell and Tazewell counties
RA}`The decision to terminate the joint venture was mutual according to city officials
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PA}`Haynie cited ARRL survey data showing that more than one fifth of new amateur licensees never get on the air He suggested that too few experienced amateurs take new licensees under their wing to help them get started
QA}`At this time the Commission staff is reviewing and analyzing carefully all of the petitions comments and proposed rule changes in this area
RA}`The tornado went on to destroy additional homes to the northeast
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PA}`A volunteer aerospace tracking and recovery team of Silicon Valley Amateur Radio operators calling itself Stratofox zeroed in on signals from the fallen rocket which came down in rugged mountainous terrain some twenty miles from the launch site
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number of US House members from both sides of the aisle signed on as
cosponsors of the Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act has topped the century mark
RA}`amateur rocket carrying a ham radio avionics package easily exceeded
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PA}`There is no need for separate rules regarding cognitive and software defined radios the ARRL said calling both an excellent opportunity to drive technological advancement within Amateur Radio They should and can be regulated within the existing rules
QA}`Kelly said the exchange took place as Bush made a planned campaign stop in Prairie du Chien a Mississippi River community of some people
RA}`The League said the Commission should not view cognitive radio
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QA}`Mills says plans already are in the works to make the system available to apply LoTW credits to other ARRL and possibly some nonARRL awards
RA}`The Logbook of the World database is a repository of individual contact records
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PA}`The first phase of a long awaited broadband over power line study the National Telecommunications and Information Administration released this week suggests it is possible to accommodate BPL technology while managing the interference risk
QA}`Bush told the community colleges gathering that there need to be technical standards to enable new broadband technologies such as high speed communication over power lines
RA}`The broadband signals radiate from power lines and cause severe interference to radio reception
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PA}`The FCC has adopted a somewhat limited version of its earlier proposal to permit deployment of RF Identification tags in a segment of the seventy cm band at much greater duty cycles than current Part fifteen rules permit for such devices and at higher field strengths
QA}`Progress Energy has been operating its Phase second trial in three neighborhoods south of Raleigh since early January
RA}`his company has eliminated any harmful interference from its BPL
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PA}`Because the ARRL petition addresses the operating privileges of all classes of licensees on these Amateur Service bands we believe that the ARRL petition provides a basis for a comprehensive restructuring of operating privileges
QA}`General Advanced and Amateur Extra Class licensees would gain spectrum for phone emissions one of the most popular operating modes on the HF bands
RA}`The Commission ordered some changes in Part ninety seven without requesting comment
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PA}`The JARL said the FCC should preserve the interference temperature concept as a holistic method of dynamic RF spectrum management the determination of compatibility in sharing of allocations However the concept is not yet mature and there are no shortcuts in the preparations necessary to implement it
QA}`is subject to the conditions that no harmful interference is caused and that interference must be accepted that may be caused by the operation of an authorized radio station
RA}`Youngsters at an Arizona elementary school that focuses on the theme of flight
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PA}`The January letter stands in stark contrast to FEMAs predictions last December that the introduction of unwanted interference from the implementation of BPL technology into the high frequency radio spectrum will result in significant detriment to the operation of FEMA radio systems
QA}`Amateur stations in New Zealand and Asiatic Russia are laying claim to a new low frequency world distance QSO record The Wellington Amateur Radio Club station at Quartz Hill uses
RA}`January letter conveys a much milder conciliatory tone Engineering
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PA}`An Amateur Radio antenna bill now in play in the Missouri General Assembly has received a favorable committee recommendation Introduced in January by Republican Rep Blaine Luetkemeyer of St Elizabeth the measure House Bill has several cosponsors
QA}`The JARL has suggested that the FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration spectrum management professionals work more closely and cooperatively
RA}`Interested parties may view and comment on these petitions via the FCC
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PA}`The Technician Class Course for Ham Radio Licensing and the virtual ham radio campus are available through partnership with the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium a nonprofit organization that specializes in developing on line courses for colleges and universities
QA}`Sumner further noted that the NPRM does not mandate a publicly accessible BPL database to facilitate interference mitigation for fixed stations
RA}`First this is not a proceeding to permit or authorize BPL
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PA}`The moon just went by Jupiter and it was really an amazing sight to see as I was going into the dark side of Earth Foale said The ISS was passing above the US West Coast at the time In a follow up reply he described the inky darkness of the cosmic void
QA}`Students at a South Carolina middle school who spoke via ham radio with the ISS this week enjoyed the experience so much they are already eager to do it again
RA}`people do not realize that there are a number of departments
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PA}`It is no often one sees a state governor at a loss for words Upon learning that the call sign of his late father Robert Wise Sr was going to be used by the ham radio station in the new Kanawha County Metro Emergency Operations Center in Charleston West Virginia
QA}`The frequencies in question are used by public safety agencies the military aeronautical and maritime services broadcasters radio astronomers radio amateurs and others
RA}`The only known exception is a microwave system being developed
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PA}`These bills would simply assure the ability of federally licensed Amateur Radio operators to install unobtrusive basically functional antenna systems without the often arbitrary or arbitrarily administered private regulations that routinely preclude Amateur Radio operation
QA}`The NPRM emphasizes that under the proposed rules operators of Access BPL systems would be responsible for eliminating any harmful interference that may occur
RA}`The FCC released its Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Broadband over Power Line systems
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PA}`The space agency also has dedicated seven Martian hills one named for eachlost crew member located east of the Spirit rover landing site in honorof the Columbia astronauts Three of the seven Columbia crew members were Amateur Radio licensees
QA}`Log submissions were up for six of the events and held steady for several others he observed The largest changes really came from two events
RA}`a member of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
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PA}`The Commission has evaluated radio frequency devices similar to those listed and concluded that the devices at issue are not only amateur radios but can easily be altered for use as Citizens Band devices as well
QA}`He is hoping their upbeat attitude will be infectious and that other schools will follow the lead of the ones that have experienced the greatest success
RA}`The FCC has unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rule Making
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PA}`The League proposal also would consolidate current Technician and General licensees into General class without further examination Future General applicants would not have to pass a code test but the written exam would remain the same
QA}`An Oregon girl considered a year ago as the youngest General class licensee in the US now may be the countrys youngest Amateur Extra ticket holder
RA}`There is some conjecture that the current problem may be related to the near
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PA}`Although there was a lot of passband activity on Sunday and under really marginal conditions heavy usage could put us transiently in a negative power budget it is now clear that it was the failing of another cell on the main battery that caused the passband shutdown at that time
QA}`Ground controllers for the satellite still are trying to figure out just what happened aboard the spacecraft earlier this week to cause a significant drop in the bus voltage
RA}`specialized areas of Amateur Radio technology who are experienced in these technologies
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PA}`I feel that it is important to give the National Telecommunications and Information Administration study thorough consideration before proceeding further with BPL technology in view of the importance of avoiding interference to federal government HF communications
QA}`The ARRL will ask the FCC to create a new entry level Amateur Radio license that would include HF phone privileges without requiring a Morse code test
RA}`The League also will propose consolidating all current licensees into three classes
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PA}`Applet created logs will be processed just as all other log submissions are If the contest robot finds problems it will send the appropriate e mail message to the submitter If the log is okay the robot will send a numbered receipt
QA}`In responding to the dozen questions put to him by the youngsters Foale also spoke about a cancer related research project aboard the International Space Station
RA}`The JARL Board is expected to discuss in detail recommendations in response
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PA}`This equipment including antennas radios hardware and software were developed and provided by a diverse set of team members located around the world Bauer said in a year end statement This was quite a challenge to make happen
QA}`Two organizations have filed comments with the FCC that augment previously expressed worries about potential interference from and to Broadband over Power Line systems
RA}`The JARL hopes to complete an independent BPL engineering study early this year
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PA}`The role of the licensee and control operator is to help youngsters with the basics keep an eye on the technical aspects of the operation observe third party traffic restrictions when making DX QSOs and ensure station identification at proper intervals
QA}`Sixteen students at Germanys Berufliche Schule des Kreises Nordfriesland North Frisian District Vocational School enjoyed a successful ham radio contact December
RA}`They will become familiar with and experience antenna design and construction techniques